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For over four decades, John Coykendall's passion has been preserving the farm heritage of a small community in rural southeastern Louisiana. In Preserving Our Roots: My Journey to Save Seeds and Stories, Coykendall shares a wealth of materials collected in his journals, ensuring they are passed on to future generations.
John Coykendall, an internationally renowned horticulturalist and seed saver, is master gardener at Blackberry Farm in Walland, Tennessee. A classically trained artist, he holds an MFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.
>Christina Melton is an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award-winning documentary filmmaker from Louisiana, whose work includes Atchafalaya Houseboat and A Summer of Birds: John James Audubon in Louisiana.
Sarah Hackenberg is a photographer and graphic designer based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Her work has been featured in the Baton Rouge Advocate, Country Roads, Garden and Gun, and the documentary Deeply Rooted.